Ah… yes… the answer to the most ingenious cliffhanger. I know, I know, I was oh so very mean, but I'm feeling a bit nice now, so we'll see.

A u s t y n

Chapter 13- Talking is Good

"Nathan…" she started with tears in her eyes, looking down, away from his line of vision "I… I… uh… yes."

"What?" he asked, just to make sure he wasn't hearing things.

"Yes, you know that, it would always be a yes. Sort of. I think. It's just I have a life here, and I can't exactly pack this up in one night to move to Tree Hill. It would take longer than that. And there's so much we still need to talk about, and-" he interrupted her by placing a kiss on her lips.

"I understand, and I wasn't asking you to do it all in one night, even though that's all it took you to leave Tree Hill."

"Nathan, don't do that, back then it was only me, and I probably only had a five foot by five foot square I the apartment anyways, not a lot of room for stuff."

"Okay, fine, let's just do it."

"You mean, with no one there?"

"Well, we can elope, then have a real wedding later."

"That's not a bad idea, I mean Taylor isn't going to drag her butt off the couch anytime soon, so she can stay here with Meredith. Wow."

"What?" he asked, with a tinge of concern in his voice.

"Nothing, it's just, well, we're actually doing it, we're actually going to make this work. This is going to work right? I mean we haven't really talked about anything big, like my zoo of animals, Meredith loves them, I couldn't ask her to get rid of them, and I love them. And what about kids, I don't know your feelings on kids anymore. I know I want a family. Where are we going to live? I don't know if you thought about it, but we can't live in your tiny apartment. What about Taylor, would you let Taylor live with us? She's my sister, and she's a real great help with Meredith, watching her in the day, or picking her up and taking her to school, when I have to work, and we'll have the same work hours, so obviously neither of us will be able to get her. And… and-"

"Hales, calm down, I am confident its going to work. I'm okay with animals, even though I think your dog is a little big for someone small like you, I like it, and I wouldn't ask I give year old to give up her pets. I would love kids, and to be a good daddy. I would love to start a family with you. I have no physical attachment to my apartment whatsoever. We could get a house, a big house, or a small house, with a big yard, and everything. If Taylor wants to move to Tree Hill to live with us, that is fine by me. I have no objections to it. I'm glad she earns her keep somehow. Haley, you don't have anything to worry about."

Haley let out a small smile. She really was happy, and kind of shocked that he had actually gotten through everything she said, and said everything, like he meant it, because she knew he did. She was just overreacting.

"We're getting married today," she smiled, still, kind of, in a state of shock.